- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/155/213
- Title:
- Absolute reflectance & new calibration site of the Moon
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/155/213
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- How bright the Moon is forms a simple but fundamental and important question. Although numerous efforts have been made to answer this question such as use of sophisticated electro-optical measurements and suggestions for calibration sites, the answer is still debated. An in situ measurement with a calibration panel on the surface of the Moon is crucial for obtaining the accurate absolute reflectance and resolving the debate. China's Chang'E-3 (CE-3) "Yutu" rover accomplished this type of measurement using the Visible-Near Infrared Spectrometer (VNIS). The measurements of the VNIS, which were at large emission and phase angles, complement existing measurements for the range of photometric geometry. The in situ reflectance shows that the CE-3 landing site is very dark with an average reflectance of 3.86% in the visible bands. The results are compared with recent mission instruments: the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) Wide Angle Camera (WAC), the Spectral Profiler (SP) on board the SELENE, the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M^3^) on board the Chandrayaan-1, and the Chang'E-1 Interference Imaging Spectrometer (IIM). The differences in the measurements of these instruments are very large and indicate inherent differences in their absolute calibration. The M^3^ and IIM measurements are smaller than LROC WAC and SP, and the VNIS measurement falls between these two pairs. When using the Moon as a radiance source for the on-orbit calibration of spacecraft instruments, one should be cautious about the data. We propose that the CE-3 landing site, a young and homogeneous surface, should serve as the new calibration site.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/135/2245
- Title:
- Absolute spectrum of the Sun and Vega for 0.2-30um
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/135/2245
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We determine an absolute calibration for the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer 24um band and recommend adjustments to the published calibrations for Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS), Infrared Array Camera (IRAC), and IRAS photometry to put them on the same scale. We show that consistent results are obtained by basing the calibration on either an average A0V star spectral energy distribution (SED), or by using the absolutely calibrated SED of the Sun in comparison with solar-type stellar photometry (the solar analog method).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/161/285
- Title:
- Absorption & emission lines and RVel for vA 351
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/161/285
- Date:
- 08 Mar 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We extend results first announced by Franz et al., that identified vA351=H346 in the Hyades as a multiple star system containing a white dwarf. With Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensor fringe tracking and scanning, and more recent speckle observations, all spanning 20.7years, we establish a parallax, relative orbit, and mass fraction for two components, with a period, P=2.70yr and total mass 2.1M{sun}. With ground-based radial velocities from the McDonald Observatory Otto Struve 2.1m Telescope Sandiford Spectrograph, and Center for Astrophysics Digital Speedometers, spanning 37 years, we find that component B consists of BC, two M-dwarf stars orbiting with a very short period (P_BC_=0.749days), having a mass ratio M_C_/M_B_=0.95. We confirm that the total mass of the system can only be reconciled with the distance and component photometry by including a fainter, higher-mass component. The quadruple system consists of three M dwarfs (A, B, C) and one white dwarf (D). We determine individual M-dwarf masses M_A_=0.53{+/-}0.10M{sun}, M_B_=0.43{+/-}0.04M{sun}, and M_C_=0.41{+/-}0.04M{sun}. The white dwarf mass, 0.54{+/-}0.04M{sun}, comes from cooling models, an assumed Hyades age of 670Myr, and consistency with all previous and derived astrometric, photometric, and radial velocity results. Velocities from H{alpha} and HeI emission lines confirm the BC period derived from absorption lines, with similar (HeI) and higher (H{alpha}) velocity amplitudes. We ascribe the larger H{alpha} amplitude to emission from a region each component shadows from the other, depending on the line of sight.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/235/11
- Title:
- Absorption features in SDSS. I. MgII abs. doublets
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/235/11
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using the SDSS spectra of quasars included in the DR7Q or DR12Q catalogs, we search for MgII{lambda}{lambda}2796,2803 narrow absorption doublets in the spectra data around MgII{lambda}2798 emission lines. We obtain 17316 MgII doublets, within the redshift range of 0.3299<=z_abs_<=2.5663. We find that a velocity offset of {upsilon}_r_<6000km/s is a safe boundary to constrain the vast majority of associated Mg ii systems, although we find some doublets at {upsilon}_r_>6000km/s. If associated Mg ii absorbers are defined by {upsilon}_r_<6000km/s, ~33.3% of the absorbers are supposed to be contaminants of intervening systems. Removing the 33.3% contaminants, ~4.5% of the quasars present at least one associated MgII system with W_r_^{lambda}2796^>=0.2{AA}. The fraction of associated MgII systems with high-velocity outflows correlates with the average luminosities of their central quasars, indicating a relationship between outflows and the quasar feedback power. The {upsilon}_r_ distribution of the outflow MgII absorbers is peaked at 1023km/s, which is smaller than the corresponding value of the outflow CIV absorbers. The redshift number density evolution of absorbers (dn/dz) limited by {upsilon}_r_{>}-3000km/s differs from that of absorbers constrained by {upsilon}_r_>2000km/s. Absorbers limited by {upsilon}_r_>2000km/s and higher values exhibit profiles similar to dn/dz. In addition, the dn/dz is smaller when absorbers are constrained with larger {upsilon}_r_. The distributions of equivalent widths, and the ratio of W_r_^{lambda}2796^/W_r_^{lambda}2803^, are the same for associated and intervening systems, and independent of quasar luminosity.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/239/19
- Title:
- Absorption lines in 21 Lyn A-type star
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/239/19
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a catalog of absorption lines in the z', Y, and J bands that we identified in 21 Lyn, a slowly rotating A0.5V star. We detected 155 absorption features in the high-resolution (0.90-1.35um, R=28000) spectrum obtained with the WINERED spectrograph after the telluric absorption was carefully removed using a spectrum of a B-type star as a telluric standard. With a visual comparison with synthetic spectra, we compiled a catalog of 219 atomic lines for the 155 features, some of which are composed of multiple fine structure lines. The high-quality WINERED spectrum enabled us to detect a large number of weak lines down to ~1% in depth, which are identified for an A-type star for the first time. The catalog includes the lines of H, C, N, O, Mg, Al, Si, S, Ca, Fe, and Sr. These new lines are expected to be useful for spectral classification and chemical abundance analyses, while the line catalog is useful for observers who plan to use A-type stars as telluric standards because it is necessary to distinguish between stellar lines and telluric absorption lines in high-resolution spectra. ASCII versions of the spectra are available in the online version of the journal.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/318/347
- Title:
- Absorption lines in QSO 0000-2619
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/318/347
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We give the list of absorption lines in the high resolution (FWHM=13 km/s) spectrum of the z=4.12 QSO 0000-2619. The first table contains the lines of the Lyman-alpha forest, while in the second table the lines of the metal systems are listed.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/386/715
- Title:
- Absorption-line strengths in Coma galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/386/715
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present stellar population parameters of 12 elliptical and S0 galaxies in the Coma cluster around and including the cD galaxy NGC 4874, based on spectra obtained using the Low Resolution Imaging Spectrograph on the Keck II Telescope. Our data are among the most precise and accurate absorption-line strengths yet obtained for cluster galaxies, allowing us to examine in detail the zero-point and scatter in the stellar population properties of Coma cluster early-type galaxies (ETGs).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/412/707
- Title:
- Absorption-line systems in QSO spectra - CoALS
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/412/707
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Absorption lines and absorption-line systems (ALSs) observed in the spectra of QSOs contain fundamental information on distribution of matter between the observer and the QSO, and on physical processes in the Universe in different epochs of the cosmological evolution. The presented catalog contains a compilation of basic information on absorption-line systems (ALSs) in QSO spectra. The data are taken from publications available to the authors up to January 2002. The catalog includes, in particular, all the data of the catalogs by Junkkarinen et al. (1991ApJS...77..203J) and York et al. (1991MNRAS.250...24Y ). The catalog consists of table1.dat, table2.txt and the list of references in refs.dat file. The present catalog is also available at the site of the Dept. of Theor. Astrophys. of the Ioffe Physical Technical Institute: <www.ioffe.ru/astro/QC>
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/127/217
- Title:
- Absorption spectrum of the QSO PKS2126-158
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/127/217
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Spectra of the z_em_=3.268 quasar PKS 2126-158 have been obtained in the wavelength range 430-662nm with a resolution R=27000 and an average signal to noise ratio s/n=25 per resolution element. 12 metal absorption systems have been identified, two of which were previously unknown. All the lines shortward of the Lyman{alpha} emission not identified as due to metals have been fitted as Lyman{alpha} and Lyman{beta}. We reported statistical analysis of this sample of lines. In particular, the two-point correlation function for metal systems has been computed.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/294/377
- Title:
- Absorption systems of HS 1700+6416
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/294/377
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Ultraviolet observations of the high-redshift quasat HS 1700+6416 were obtained with the Faint Object Spectrograph (FOS) onboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in the range 115-328nm, on 1991-12-13/14 and 1992-02-13/14 at a resolution R=1300. The identification of the numerous absoprtion lines provides evidence for 15 heavy-element absorption systems, among them 7 Lyman Limit systems (LLS).
